title: National survey of sensory features in children with ASD: factor structure of the sensory experience questionnaire (3.0).
abstract: This national online survey study characterized sensory features in 1,307 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ages 2-12 years using the Sensory Experiences Questionnaire Version 3.0 (SEQ-3.0). Using the SEQ-3.0, a confirmatory factor analytic model with four substantive factors of hypothesized sensory response patterns (i.e., hyporesponsiveness; hyperresponsiveness; sensory interests, repetitions and seeking behaviors; enhanced perception), five method factors of sensory modalities (i.e., auditory, visual, tactile, gustatory/olfactory, vestibular/proprioceptive), and one of social context were tested with good model fit. Child and family characteristics associated with the sensory response patterns were explored. The effect of sensory response patterns on autism severity was tested, controlling for key child and family characteristics. The SEQ-3.0 demonstrates an empirically valid factor structure specific to ASD that considers sensory response patterns, modalities, and social context.
authors.affiliation: Division of Occupational Science, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, kausderau@wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ausderau
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sideris
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furlong
authors.forename: Lauren M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bulluck
authors.forename: Grace T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Baranek
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires